PediatricSuperSite.com December 9, 2011 PHILADELPHIA — New data from Kenya indicate that there is an under-recognized burden of parasitism in younger children that may be linked to a decreased response to standard childhood vaccinations, according to a presenter here at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 60th Annual Meeting. Children are at high […]
Mandatory HPV Vaccination Debate: Is it a Threat to National Security?
National Security Law Brief, American University Washington School of Law Jacobson v. Massachusetts and the mandatory smallpox vaccinations of Cambridge, Massachusetts have commonly been used to justify mandatory vaccination polices when the vaccine is essential to the safety and health of the community. Jacobson v. Massachusetts, 197 U.S. 11, 11 (1905). However, with the advances in biotechnology […]
Gardasil: The Sales Pitch
By Maureen Lafrenière Last year’s federal budget commitment of $300 million to vaccinate girls and women against human papillomavirus (HPV) received a mixed reaction from consumers, health professionals and the media. Although preceded by Health Canada approval in 2006 and a positive recommendation from the National Advisory Committee on Immunization, the March 2007 budget announcement took […]
Neurologic Adverse Events Associated With Smallpox Vaccination in the United States, 2002-2004
JAMA Journal of the American Medical Association November 23/30, 2011, Vol 306, No. 20, pp 2187-2283 James J. Sejvar, MD; Robert J. Labutta, MD; Louisa E. Chapman, MD, MPH; John D. Grabenstein, PhD, RPh; John Iskander, MD, MPH; J. Michael Lane, MD, MPH Author Affiliations: Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious […]
Recommend Pap smears, not vaccines
The Daily Iowan BY DI EDITORIAL BOARD | NOVEMBER 29, 2011 7:20 AM Controversy continually surrounds the prospect of administering vaccines to America’s youth. Recent efforts to combat the human papillomavirus, and ultimately cervical cancer, through vaccination have only fueled such debates. But in the case of cervical cancer, only one method is statistically proven […]
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